A British Columbia café owner has lost an appeal of a wage-violation ruling after the Employment Standards Tribunal found the employer withheld key evidence during the original investigation and faile… …
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A British Columbia window manufacturer has lost its appeal of a wage order after the Employment Standards Tribunal found the company failed to file within the required timeframe and offered …
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Temporary foreign worker awarded $23K after B.C. restaurant failed to co-operate with investigation
A British Columbia restaurant group that failed to co-operate with a wage complaint investigation has had its appeal dismissed, with the Employment Standards Tribunal confirming a $23,567.56 award in … …
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Employer hit with $23K in temporary foreign worker violations can’t shop for better result at CRT
A B.C. employer who was ordered to pay a temporary foreign worker more than $23,000 in a provincial labour ruling cannot relitigate the same issues before the Civil Resolution Tribunal, …
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FeaturedLegal Costs
Black Sands Farms ordered to pay 75% of opponent’s legal costs in wrongful dismissal fight
A Manitoba farmer who won a judgment of more than $858,000 against a farming company and its principal has also secured an enhanced cost award covering 75 per cent of …
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Holiday Inn worker can’t revive discrimination claims settled at arbitration
A self-represented hotel worker has lost her bid to have two Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario decisions reconsidered, with the tribunal finding she was attempting to relitigate claims already settled …
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FeaturedWrongful Dismissal
OPSEU Pension Trust ordered to allow former head of HR to testify in wrongful dismissal case
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has granted a wrongful dismissal plaintiff the right to examine a former head of human resources at OPSEU Pension Trust, overcoming a non-disclosure agreement …
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The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has dismissed a discrimination complaint against a Vancouver school district and one of its custodians, finding the complainant had no reasonable prospect of… Free …
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Arbitration/Labour RelationsFeaturedWrongful Dismissal
Hard-boiled ruling: Ontario egg worker wrongfully fired, but won’t get his job back
A long-serving press operator at an Ontario egg packaging plant was wrongfully dismissed, but will not get his job back, a labour arbitrator has ruled, citing the worker’s refusal to …
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FeaturedWorkplace News
Ontario moves to ban employer uniform charges, strengthen talent agency rules
The Ontario government has introduced proposed changes to the Employment Standards Act, 2000 that would prohibit employers from requiring workers to pay for mandatory uniforms or deducting those costs… Free …

